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" BOX Filed 'Feb, 26, 1951 INVENTOR. Zau/sE A. SMITH,

M, M d ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 5, 1935 UNITED STATE.

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Louise A. Smith,

Burt Company,

ApplicationFebrua -y 26,

1 Claim.

l This invention relates to display devices and particularly to merchandise, containers which adapted when swung in one facilitate the display tained.

. An object of the invention is to providea container for merchandise which may readily be convertedinto a display standard, without removing the merchandise from the container.

feature of the invention resides in a'container having a pivoted swinging element upon which the -merchandise is mounted and which is position to display the merchandise andwhen in another position to encase' the same and act as a closure for the container. v i

. Another feature of the invention resides in causing the free edges of the pivoted element to fit snugly. with the sides of the container and in reinforcing at least one of said sides to provide extra resiliency whereby the pivoted elementsis more readily retained in its closed or in its display position. I

Another feature of. the invention resides in adapting the reinforcing element to form a base upon of the merchandise conwhich the container may stand when it is desired to display the contents.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claim.

A better understanding of the invention may be had by reading the following description together with the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 shows the invention with the closure element pivoted in the position to display the contents;

Fig. 2 shows the closure element in the reverse position after the box has been completely closed;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing structural details of the container; and

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view showing the swinging element in another position.

Referring now to the drawing, a display container is shown having a top 10, sides 11, rear face 12 and bottom'13. The container may be of any suitable material having an appreciable amount of inherent resiliency such as paper, cardboard or the like. As the container is to be used for display purposes, the outside surface may bev of a fancy nature and colored so as to be attractive to the eye.

Buffalo, N. Y.,

Ltd., Toronto, Out a. corporation of Ontario, Canada assignor to F. N. I

ario, Canada,

1931, Serial No. 518,325

A closure for element 14 which is centrally pivoted at 15 so as to permit the normally inner surface 16 to be Fig. 1. As this inner sursome suitable fabric such In the particular embodiment shown, the container is adapted for displaying such articl and for this purpose stance, cord loops 1'? merchandise in positi element.

es asa pen and pencil set, retaining means, as for. inare provided to mount the on on the swinging closure When .it isdesired to close the box for pac king and shipping purposes,

thepivoted element 14 is swung into the reverse position asshown in Fig.

2 sothat the merchandise is encased within the container. The back is preferably decorated side surfaces of the box 10, 11 and 12.- 1

the boxis provided with a The bottom of of the closure element 14 similarlyto the other outstrip 18 of stiffer materialthan the rest of the box which acts as a display device rests.

or'otherwise suitably fastened v4 illustrate "Fig. 3 and Fig.

base or standard upon which the This strip may be glued in position. v

the closing of. the

container and'themanner in which the closure element. is retained in this position. It will be noticed that the to fit snuglyinto distance between closure element 14 is adapted the opening 20. diagonally opposite edges of the Obviously, the

closure element is therefore greater than the width of the opening 20 so when the closure element is in the position shown in Fig. 3 the edges 21 are contacting with the As the closure further to the closing the edge of the box, as at 22,

the box.

4, it tends to expand which expansion however siliency of the container material.

top and bottom of element is swung still position, as shown in Fig.

is resisted by the re- When the container is completely closed it is prevented from swinging open for the same reason. To

assist further in preventing the closure element from swinging voluntarily,

the base reinforcing strip 18 is provided which tends to stiffen one edge of the opening 20. Since the closure ele- 'ment 14 is of substantial thickness the distance between the pivot 15 larger than the shortest and the edge 21 is slightly distance between the pivot 15 and the sides 10 and 13. Itis obvious therefore that assists in holding the closed or open position.

display cover 14 is in 1, the frictional drag the reinforcing strip 18 further closure element 14 in the Furthermore, when the the position shown in Fig. between the inner edges 21 the-container is. provided by the I resiliency. This resting against the sides 10 and 13 of the container hold it in an angular position better suited for display purposes.

Although the edges of the closure member 14 may vary in configuration, they are conveniently flat as shown and of substantial width or extent, both of these opposite edge surfaces being similar and positioned at an angle to the general plane of the-closure element. Due to this arrangement, these fiat edges when the closure member is swung upon its pivot, will engage forcibly against the opposite resilient walls 10 and 13 of the container, thereby member in different adjusted positions. The closure member may thus be secured in one adjusted position in which it functions to close the container opening as in Fig. 2, or in another adjusted position in which the closure-member is reversed so as to expose the normally inner surface outwardly in a manner as suggested in Fig. l. In-the Fig. 2 position, the flat edges of the closure member. engage against the resilient container walls,- so as to retain the member in its fully closed position; in the Fig. 1 position, the corners orJedges21 of the fiat edge surface are in engagement with the container walls whereby the closure. member may be supported intilted or inclined position, but said closure member may be forced into position parallel with the outer edges of the container .walls so as to be held in this reversed position by engagement of the fiat edges with the container walls in a similar manner as described with reference to Fig. 2. Thus the movable closure member or display element may be supported in different positions for display of the merchandise. The relative rigidsupporting base 18 attached to the container Wall 13 "considerably reinforces and rigidifies this wall while the Opposite wall 10 is ofgreater flexibility and arrangement assists in providing a more positive support for the closure meme her in its display position as seen in Fig. 1. However, thereis considerable resiliency in the wall 13 even when reinforced by the base member 18, because of the flexibility provided by the angular juncture between the ends of the side wall 13 andthe adjacent ends of the container, as well effecting a locking or retaining function for retaining the closure of the invention.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it

be said to fallttherebetween. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is":-" A container having an entrance opening and including, incombination, a closure member and article support centrally pivoted for swinging movementinto closing position in said opening inner surface exposed, said closure member having edges, andthe'oppo site container wallsbeing resilient and'resiliently frictionally engaging said flat edges of the closure member to retain the latter in said positions, and a reinforcing and supporting base attached to one of said walls and positioned at the'edge thereof with which the closure edge comes into engagement so as to supportthe closure member in tilted position. LOUISE A. SMITH? 

